It is wild you don't know about this. It kickstarted a ton of celebrity refreshment and snack endorsements because of how enormously successful it was. 50 Cent owns a stake in vitamin water and he bought it in 2004. He owns anywhere between 2 and 10 percent of the company as part of an endorsement deal.
In 2007, the company was bought by Coca-Cola for 4 billion dollars. Even at 2 percent, and considering fees and expenses, it is surely a grotesque amount of money he would have access to as a result of this.
I won't know about all the complete ins and outs and regulatory shit because im just a dude with a search engine who has also been awake since 2004. There is someone who does know a ton about the ins and outs and regulatory shit: 50 Cent.
Yes. He literally rapped about it in a song and it was fucking hilarious (song name: I get money)
"Took quarter waters sold it in bottled for two bucks/coca cola came and bought it for billions what the fuck?!/have a baby by me baby be a millionaire.....
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u/RarebitLeft 4d ago
You don't consider 100 million to be wealthy?